Understand who can participate, how to establish your institutional ecosystem and how additional support for eligible AI-Native Companies is agreed.
This guide explains the participation model. It does not award credits, grant operating rights or replace the service and programme terms agreed with your institution.
Relevant faculties, research centres and entrepreneurship units can establish an institutional ecosystem for eligible ventures. Examples include marine engineering, shipbuilding, maritime logistics and technology research with a clear application in MarineWorld’s Sector Cities.
A general AI, software or engineering department may participate through a relevant maritime or AI-Native Techno-Industries activity. Its subject name alone does not establish eligibility.
Technoparks, incubators, accelerators and venture-development programmes can establish an ecosystem for their eligible companies and teams.
The wider institution does not have to serve maritime industries exclusively. However, its MarineWorld ecosystem and every participating company must fit the defined sector scope; an unrelated portfolio is not automatically included.
Both the institutional ecosystem and each AI-Native Company must relate to maritime and AI-Native Techno-Industries activities covered by MarineWorld’s Sector Cities. Identify the relevant city and explain the product, service, technical expertise or project’s practical sector application.
The activity must fit at least one relevant MarineWorld Sector City. Examples include SHIPYARD.CITY, ENGINEERING.CITY, PORT.CITY, MARINELOGISTICS.CITY, MARINELEGAL.CITY, INSURANCEOPS.CITY, MARINEAI.CITY and DIGITALTWIN.CITY.
Explore the Sector Cities →A team may bring a product, service, technical expertise or a project with an identifiable commercial application. It does not need to have its first customer already. A clear proposition and responsible team or business are needed to establish a meaningful company presence.
A venture does not have to build AI into its own product to participate. AI-Native Company describes its business presence and use of MarineWorld’s company capabilities; eligible engineering, hardware and professional services are also relevant.
| Proposed activity | How to describe its relevance |
|---|---|
| Marine engineering or design services | Describe the service and its application to vessels, equipment or marine projects. ENGINEERING.CITY may be relevant. |
| Port or maritime logistics software | Explain the operational problem and the firms it serves. PORT.CITY or MARINELOGISTICS.CITY may be relevant. |
| Marine AI, data or digital twin project | Identify the maritime use case and intended business offering. MARINEAI.CITY, MARINEDATA.CITY or DIGITALTWIN.CITY may be relevant. |
| Marine equipment or a technical component | Explain the equipment’s sector application and offering. MARINEEQUIPMENT.CITY or another matching technical city may be relevant. |
| General software with no applicable sector use case | Outside this programme’s scope. An unrelated company cannot qualify merely by joining a university ecosystem. |
| An academic group with no defined offering or development proposal | Clarify the team, proposed product, service or practical expertise before proposing an AI-Native Company presence. |
These are scope examples, not approval decisions. A university or technopark should map the actual activity to the relevant Sector City rather than select a city only by its name.
Choose the university/faculty or technopark/incubation path. Identify the responsible contact, relevant Sector Cities and the companies or teams you plan to connect.
Following confirmation of the participation arrangements, establish the institution’s ecosystem. Its published URL becomes a direct destination for introducing the connected businesses.
Each participating venture uses its own AI-Native Company presence within the relevant sector context and connects to the institutional ecosystem. The standard company setup route remains available.
Share the ecosystem, company or offering URLs. Maintain the published business information and use the relevant communication, inquiry and RFQ routes to develop direct relationships.
There is no fixed minimum cohort stated in this guide. The initial group and any supported allocation are defined for the institution. Published URLs can be shared directly; publication does not automatically distribute a venture to investors, secure customers or guarantee search visibility.
Institutions and eligible companies can use MarineWorld’s relevant ecosystem and company services under the applicable plans and terms. Receiving Launch Credits is not the only way to participate.
Connect participating companies within the institution’s ecosystem and share the published ecosystem URL as a common business destination.
Use Company Studio to maintain company information, approved knowledge, offerings, AI configuration and commercial contact routes.
Present company offerings, supporting information and available AI Advisor access using their direct business destinations.
Use the platform’s relevant showroom, communication, inquiry and RFQ routes to connect with firms and develop commercial relationships.
This is not a promise that all services are free, unlimited or included in every plan. Any support arrangement must identify the services it covers. Company and ecosystem access, private information and administrative permissions remain subject to their applicable settings and terms.
After the institutional ecosystem is established, additional education and company-launch support can be agreed for selected participating companies. Launch Credits are service-use credits for the platform services specified in that arrangement—not cash payments or financial loans.
The institution selects its proposed teams through the agreed process. Eligibility and support arrangements must be confirmed before supported use begins. This guide does not specify a fixed credit amount, a six- or twelve-month entitlement, or an automatic account transfer.
A requested cohort size is not an approved support quota. Standard participation and additional support are separate; a company without an award can still follow the normal eligible company setup route.
Identify the programme contact, define its proposed ecosystem and eligible venture group, and explain any agreed support conditions to participants.
Maintain its own company and offering information, confirm the authority to publish it and develop its own customer and commercial relationships.
An AI-Native Company is a digital business presence on MarineWorld. It does not itself create a registered legal entity or confer professional licensing. Institutional programme participation also does not grant Company Sales Partner status or Country Sector City operating rights; those are separate commercial models.
Activities unrelated to the defined Sector Cities, proposals without an identifiable sector application and requests based only on an institution’s general portfolio are outside this programme’s scope. Conventional engineering or professional services are not excluded merely because their own offering does not contain AI.
Institution name, faculty or centre, country, responsible contact and role, and website where available.
Institutional path, relevant Sector Cities, venture activities, indicative cohort and any additional education or Launch Credit support requested.
Do not send student lists, passwords or confidential research documents in the first inquiry. The current form prepares an email for you to review and send to contact@marineworld.city; it does not automatically submit an application or issue an approval.